افعال حال ساده- Past Simple
1) ساختار کلی
مثبت: Subject + V₂ (فعل گذشته)
مثال: She visited the archive yesterday.منفی: Subject + did not / didn’t + base verb (مصدر بدون to)
مثال: They didn’t attend the meeting.سوالی: Did + subject + base verb?
مثال: Did he finish the report?پاسخ کوتاه: Yes, she did. / No, they didn’t.
توجه مهم: در جملات سوالی و منفی از فعل گذشته (V₂) استفاده نمیکنیم — بهجای آن فعل کمکی did میآید و فعل اصلی به شکل ساده مینشیند. (اشتباه رایج: Did you went? صحیح: Did you go?)
2) کاربردها (با مثال)
کاری که در گذشته تمام شده و زمان آن مشخص است
I met the ambassador on Monday.توالی اتفاقات در گذشته (برای روایت داستان)
She opened the envelope, read the letter, and burst into tears.عادتهای گذشته که تمام شدهاند
He smoked for ten years but stopped in 2015.حقایق یا وضعیتهای گذشته
The company operated under a different name until 1998.روایت نتایج یا اقدامات در گزارشها و آزمایشها (خصوصاً در بخش روشها و نتایج)
The researchers measured the temperature every hour and recorded anomalies.
3) شکلگیری افعال
افعال باقاعده (regular)
افزودن -ed: work → worked
قواعد کوچک:
drop e + d: love → loved
y → ied (consonant+y): study → studied
تکرار حرف آخر در تکهجاییِ conso + vowel + conso: stop → stopped
افعال بیقاعده (irregular)
فرم گذشته را باید حفظ کنید: go → went, be → was/were, have → had, do → did, make → made, see → saw, write → wrote, drive → drove, take → took, think → thought
(فهرست کامل طولانی است؛ برای وبسایت میتوانم جدول جامع قرار دهم.)
4) حالت مجهول (Passive) در گذشتهی ساده
ساختار: was/were + past participle (V₃)
مثال: The treaty was signed by both parties last June.
5) تلفظ پایان -ed
سه حالت:
/ɪd/ وقتی فعل به /t/ یا /d/ ختم شود: wanted /ˈwɒntɪd/
/t/ وقتی صدای انتهایی بیصدا غیر از /t/ باشد: worked /wɜːkt/
/d/ وقتی صدای انتهایی صوتی غیر از /d/ باشد: called /kɔːld/
6) اشتباهات متداول و اصلاح
اشتباه: I didn’t went to class. → درست: I didn’t go to class.
اشتباه: Did she went? → درست: Did she go?
اشتباه با زمانبندی: استفاده از present perfect بهجای past simple وقتی زمان مشخص است.
مثال نادرست: I have visited Paris yesterday. → درست: I visited Paris yesterday.
7) عبارات زمان (Signal words)
yesterday, last week/month/year, in 2010, two days ago, when, then, at 5 p.m., on Monday, in the 19th century
مثال
- After the auditors uncovered the discrepancies, the CEO resigned amid mounting public pressure.
- The committee reviewed the evidence, reached a unanimous decision, and published its findings the following day.
- Despite repeated warnings, the factory continued operations until inspectors shut it down last November.
- When the team analyzed the dataset, they discovered an unexpected correlation that challenged the original hypothesis.
- The council demolished the outdated buildings and replaced them with a mixed-use development within two years.
- She prepared the manuscript, submitted it to three journals, and received two rejection letters before acceptance.
- By the end of the season the players improved markedly and the coach celebrated an unprecedented winning streak.
- The government introduced sweeping reforms in 2012, and university enrollment increased significantly thereafter.
تمرین
1. Fill in the blanks — Beginner
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (Past Simple):
Yesterday, she ______ (go) to the library.
They ______ (not / finish) their homework last night.
______ (you / watch) the movie on TV?
My father ______ (build) this house in 1995.
We ______ (be) very tired after the trip.
2. True or False — Intermediate
Read and decide whether the sentence is correct (True) or incorrect (False):
I didn’t went to the party last week.
Did she play the piano yesterday?
They was very happy with the results.
We visited Rome in 2019.
He didn’t eat breakfast this morning.
3. Rewrite in the Past — Intermediate
Change the following sentences from Present Simple to Past Simple:
She always writes letters. → ___________
They go to school by bus. → ___________
He plays football on Fridays. → ___________
The teacher teaches English. → ___________
We are in the garden. → ___________
4. Make Questions — Intermediate
Write the questions in Past Simple for the given answers:
A: ______ ?
B: I visited my grandmother yesterday.A: ______ ?
B: Yes, they watched the football match.A: ______ ?
B: She went to London last summer.A: ______ ?
B: We studied for the exam all night.
5. Error Correction — Advanced
Find the mistakes in the following sentences and correct them:
He didn’t saw the accident. → ___________
They didn’t went to school yesterday. → ___________
Did you played tennis last weekend? → ___________
She buyed a new dress last week. → ___________
I was go to the park yesterday. → ___________
6. Writing Task — Advanced
Write 5–6 sentences in Past Simple about one of the following topics:
A trip you had in the past.
A memorable day at school.
The last time you succeeded in an exam.
7. Paragraph Writing — Band 9 Practice
Topic: Describe a historical event that influenced your country.
Write 8–10 sentences.
Use only Past Simple verbs.
Include advanced vocabulary and varied sentence structures.